Over their almost decade-and-a-half career, The Kills have released four records. Each one a restless, reckless enigmatic art statement that bristled with tension, anxiety, sex, unstudied cool and

Ash & Ice

Over their almost decade-and-a-half career, The Kills have released four records. Each one a restless, reckless enigmatic art statement that bristled with tension, anxiety, sex, unstudied cool and winking ennui, yet not one of them sounded like the previous one. Ash & Ice is the follow up to 2011â€™s critically lauded Blood Pressures and was five years in the making in part due to Jamie Hinceâ€™s five hand surgeries, which resulted in him having to re-learn how to play guitar with a permanently damaged finger. It was during Hinceâ€™s recuperation from surgery that he first started sketching out what would become the songs for the album. To shake up the writing process, Hince booked a solo trip on the infamous Trans-Siberian Express for inspiration while Alison Mosshart, now residing in Nashville, TN, wrote some of the most affecting, poetically candid lyrics that she ever has, painting word pictures that mine the dangerous terrain between romantic obsession, prophecy and tough love. Where previous albums had an air of detachment and emotional austerity, underpinned by an uneasy self-awareness and unexpressed anger, the 13 songs on Ash & Ice are more understated, less tempestuous and more affecting because of that, exposing the kind of push-pull you feel when you find yourself in a complicated but all-consuming relationship. Ash & Ice is The Kills at their emotionally charged, arresting best. Prepare to be slayed.
Country USA
Brand Domino Records
Manufacturer Domino Record Co.
Binding Vinyl
ItemPartNumber WIG 289
Color multicoloured
ReleaseDate 2016-06-03
UnitCount 2
Format Box set
UPCs 887828028917
EANs 0887828028917

Country	USA
Brand	Domino Records
Manufacturer	Domino Record Co.
Binding	Vinyl
ItemPartNumber	WIG 289
Color	multicoloured
ReleaseDate	2016-06-03
UnitCount	2
Format	Box set
UPCs	887828028917
EANs	0887828028917

Ash & Ice

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